Guard for motor cycles



R. STENDEL] GUARD FOR MOTOR CYCLES. I APPLICATION FILED JULY I3, 1921.

1,422,682. Patented y 11, 1922;

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GUARD FOR llIOTOR CYCLES.

1,422,632. Specification of Letters Fateni' Patented July ll, 3922.

Application filed July 13,

To aZZ whom it M any concern Be it known that l, BOY STENDEL, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Magdalena, in the county ofS0- corro and State of New Mexico, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Guards for Motor Cycles, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of the invention is to provide an efficient means forprotecting vehicles of the motorcycle type from flying stones and highcenters and for minimizing the tendency to overturning by giving themachine a lower riding balance; and with these objects in view theinvention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which apreferred embodiment is shownin the accompanying drawings wherein Figure1 is a side View of a machine having applied in the operative positionthereto a guard embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail view in perspective of the guard detached.

The guard consists essentially of a plate or" heavy metal such as boilerplate, indicated at 10 and longitudinally curved or of arcuate form tofollow the general contour of the frame 11 of the vehicle (that which isillustrated in the drawing and is used merely as a typical form beingor" the Harley-Davidson type), the same extending from the front restbar 12 to the inuii'ler 13 and laterally from the shoulder i l on theend of the front rest bar to the shoulder on the opposite end of the bar(a distance in practice of about nine inches) said plate being clampedto the toot rest bar and to the bar 15 by means of bolts 16 and straps17 with a iJ-clamp 18 extending over the eX- haust-Y 19 and having itsextremities passed through the plate for engagement by nuts 20. The rearedge of the guard plate preferably extends under the end of the muiiier13 as indicated at 21 to serve as the means of steadying the latter, andat 22 the plate 1921. Serial No. 484,399.

is slotted to allow the foot rest bar brackets to extend through so thatthe plate may be fitted snugly against the "frame.

Located as indicated the guard plate not only protects the machine butalso the rider "from flying stones and serves as a means of sliding overobstructions which may be in the path of the machine and over which thefront wheel may have passed, and as will be obvious the device will alsoact efficiently to protect the mufiler and minimize the tendency ofcatching the forward end thereof upon an uprising obstruction on theroad surface.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is:

l. A. guard for motorcycles and the like having an arcuate plateextended longitudinally beneath the vehicle frame from the front tootrest bar to the muffler and conforming substantially to the shape of thelower side of the frame, means being provided for securing said plate tothe foot rest bars.

A guard for motorcycles and the like having an arcuate plate extendedlongitudinally beneath the vehicle frame from the trout foot rest bar tothe muffler and conforming substantially to the shape of the lower sideof the frame, means being provided tor securing said plate to the footrest bars, and the plate being slotted for the reception of the footrest brackets.

A guard for motorcycles and the like hav'ng an arcuate plate extendedlongitudinally beneath the vehicle frame from the front foot rest bar tothe mutller and conforming substantially to the shape of the lower sideof the frame, means being provided for securing the same to the footrest bars and the exhaust-Y and the rear edge of the plate extendingunder the forward end of the muliler.

In testimony whereof he atlixes his signa ture.

ROY STENDEL.

